Dundee's two Liberal Democrat councillors Fraser Macpherson and Helen Dick are this coming Monday (15th January) - along with elected representatives across the political spectrum in Dundee - to meet Nicol Stephen MSP, Scotland's Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning about the NCR jobs situation.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 12th January) gave their support to concerns expressed by Jo Swinson MP at the decision by the Department for Work and Pensions to axe their £12 million postage contract with Royal Mail.
Residents of the housing development on the Marconi Site on Anstey Lane were up in arms with the way the site had been left by Bloor Homes for almost two years.
Dundee East Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesperson Dr Clive Sneddon has tonight (Thursday 11th January) condemned the announcement today of the transfer of manufacturing jobs from Dundee to Hungary.
In Tuesday's House of Lords debate on equality in provision of goods and services, the Lib Dems were well forceful and united. Lord Lester, Lord Avebury, and Baroness Harris all argued for the legislation to be enacted, while former party leader Lord (Paddy) Ashdown also intervened to challenge Lord (Norman) Tebbit's defence of legally-endorsed bigotry. The Lib Dems were also by far the best represented major party, with only a quarter of Conservative and half of Labour peers present, two-thirds of the Lib Dem members of the Lords attended.
To learn that there was a proposal to sell-off the largest part of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone came as a real shock to local people just before Christmas - not least to the Lib Dems.